Do you ever won­der what hap­pens at the end of the day to the fresh­ly made bread that Welling­ton bak­eries can’t sell? Do you ever won­der what hap­pens to the fresh fruit and veg­eta­bles at the mar­kets that are still edi­ble but not good enough to sell?

I can tell you.

For the last few years there have been some mag­i­cal elves who trav­el around Welling­ton, col­lect up this food and deliv­er it the next day to 23 dif­fer­ent char­i­ties which work with dis­ad­van­taged or strug­gling peo­ple through­out Welling­ton.

These elves also oper­ate under the pseu­do­nym Kai­bosh

They act as the link between those in the food indus­try who want to do good things and the char­i­ties that are doing the front line work to help those in need. Kai­bosh is the great enabler.

That’s a whole lot­ta good­ness

They recent­ly won the Supreme Award at the Trust­Pow­er Nation­al Com­mu­ni­ty Awards for the amaz­ing work they’ve done over the last five years.

BUT that’s just not enough for these guys. They want to do EVEN MORE amaz­ing work and spread even more food and more feel-good-good­ness through the Welling­ton region. They want to expand the ser­vice they offer to Porirua and the Hutt Val­ley.

Now, Welling­ton­ista can­not deny the plea­sure gained in the eat­ing of good food and drinks at the many fine estab­lish­ments we have on offer here in our fair city, but what the peo­ple of Kai­bosh is sug­gest­ing offers plea­sure in a dif­fer­ent form. The plea­sure found in doing a good deed. They ask that instead of going and spend­ing your cash on a meal out you spend that mon­ey, or at least a por­tion of it, on improv­ing the lives of those that need our help.

Now this does­n’t have to be the $200 that you were going to throw down on your fan­cy cel­e­bra­to­ry din­ner at Mar­tin Bosley’s. All it needs to be is the $10 you were going to spend on fish and chips on Sat­ur­day night, or the $15 you were going to spend on lunch to get through the work day. It could even be that $50 you were going to spend on going out to din­ner with friends.

What­ev­er it is that you can afford to donate is going to be a huge help to peo­ple in our com­mu­ni­ty. A $10 dona­tion will help pro­vide 17 meals to those that need them. That $10 has such a huge impact and you get that feel good buzz that comes with being a good Samar­i­tan.

To find out more about Kai­bosh’s Miss a Meal in May cam­paign click this link and get that good kar­ma rush­ing through Welling­ton like a good strong souther­ly.